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Sport in the global village is an international collection of works by scholars from 14 different countries across four continents. The book's content possesses a strong global appeal as topics of multicultural and domestic interest are examined. The book will contribute to the enhancement of global awareness and cross-cultural literacy and offers a source of information within the broad field of international affairs.

The contents: Part 1: Sport and Globalization; Chapter 1: The Media and Sport in the Global Village (BRIGGS, A.); Chapter 2: Golf International: Considerations of Sport in the Global Marketplace (STODDART, B.); Part 2: American Sport and the Global Arena; Chapter 3: Deindustrialization and the American Sporting Goods Industry (SAGE, G.H.); Chapter 4: Cross-cultural Studies: Implications on Professional Preparation and Management Training in Global Sport (PIKE, L.L.; FAY, T.); Chapter 5: Of Fungos and Fumbles: Explaining the Cultural Uniqueness of American Sport, or a Paradoxical Peek at Sport: American Style (WILCOX, R.C.); Chapter 6: C.L.R. James and his Centrality of Sport Model: Possible Applications in an American Setting (CRAWFORD, S.A.G.M.); Part 3: Professional Sport in Global Perspective; Chapter 7: Player Associations and Sports Unions in Australia (DABSCHECK, B.); Chapter 8: Keeping up with Europe: The Introduction of Professional into German Soccer in 1962/63 (GEHRMANN, S.); Part 4: Sport and the South African Question; Chapter 9: It's Rugby that Really Matters: New Zealand-South Africa Rugby Relations and the Moves to Isolate South Africa, 1956-1992 (NAURIGHT, J.; BLACK, D.); Chapter 10: Sport and Transformation: Observations and Projections on Developments in South Africa from an 'Elisian' Perspective (HENDRICKS, D.J.); Chapter 11: The Springbok Trials: Some Critical Reflections on South Africa's Unity Games (CRAIG, P.G.; REES, C. R.); Chapter 12: Toward a New Sports Dispension in South Africa; 1985-1992 (BAXTER, J.); Part 5: Sport in the New Europe; Chapter 13: Games, Culture and Europeanization (STANDEVEN, J.); Chapter 14: European Diversity: A Case for Comparative Research (HARTMANN-TEWS, I.); Chapter 15: Unity of the Nation - Unity in Sports? (BRETTSCHNEIDER, W.-D.); Chapter 16: The Unificaiton of the German Sports Systems (DAMKJAER, S.); Chapter 17: German Unification and the Disintegration of the GDR Sport System (ZILBERMAN, Victor); Chapter 18: German Unification: Decline or Regeneration in Physical Education and Sport Sciences? (NAUL, R.); Chapter 19: Elite Sport in a United Germany: A Study of the German Sports Union - November 9, 1989-October 3, 1990 (VITELLI, M.J.; SEMOTIUK, D.M.); Chapter 20: Sport in Modern Europe: Perestroika in the USSR - Revolution of the East - Integration of the West (MILSHTEIN, O.A.); Chapter 21: The Final Game for Soviet and CIS Sport (DAMKJAER, S.); Chapter 22: Sport and Glasnost: A Case Study of Estonia (HOWELL, R.); Chapter 23: The Influence of the Political Changes on the High Performance Sport Organization in Czechoslovakia (SEDLACEK, J.; MATOUSEK, R.; HOLCEK, R.; MORAVEC, R.); Part 6: International Sport; Chapter 24: 21st Century Success in International Competition (CLUMPNER, R.A.); Chapter 25: Restructuring Canada's National Sports System: The Legacy of the Dubin Inquiry (SEMOTIUK, D.M.); Chapter 26: Los Juegos de las Americas: Four Inter-American Multisport Competitions (McGEHEE, R.V.); Part 7: Sport in the Global Village: Comparative Perspectives; Chapter 27: A Comparison of the Naitonal and Provincial Institutes of Physical Culture in the People's Republic of China (FU, F.H.); Chapter 28: A Comparative Study of Intercollegiate Athletics in China and the United States (LI, M.); Chapter 29: POlitics in Physical Education and Sport in England and Kenya (HARDMAN, K.; NTEERE, J.S.); Chapter 30: Hong Kong and Macau: A Comparative Study of Women in Sport (O'BRIEN, K.); Chapter 31: Cross-Cultural Impacts on Effectiveness in Sport (CRAVEN, J.); Chapter 32: The Development of Sporting Excellence in England and Germany: An Historical Comparison (HARDMAN, K.; NAUL, R.); Chapter 33: The Selection and Development of Sports Talent at Prvincial Level: A Comparison of Sport in Sichuan, People's Republic of China, and Leicestershire, England (JONES, R.); Chapter 34: A Six-nation Study Concerning Attitudes and Participation Patterns of Youth Toward Competitive Sport (KROTEE, M.L.; BLAIR, P.F.; NAUL, R.; NEUHAUS, H.; HARDMAN, K.; KOMUKU, H.; MATSUMURA, K.; NUMMINEN, P.; JWO, C.); Chapter 35: Daily Physical Activities and Motor Performance of West German and Czechoslovakian Schoolchildren (NAUL, R.; NEUHAUS, W.; RYCHTECKY, A.); Part 8: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in the Cross-Cultural Study of Sport; Chapter 36: Internationalizing the Physical Education Curriculum: A Model for the Infusion of Knowledge (DePAUW, K.P.; KARP, G.G.; SMITH, B.A.); Chapter 37: Triangulation: A Strategy for Upgrading Comparative Research Methodology in Sport Science (HAAG, H.); Chapter 38: The Past, Present and Future of Comparative Methodology in Physical Education and Sport: Presidential Perspectives (HAAG, H.; POOLEY, J.C.; VENDIEN, C. L.). Aus dem